Quotation fragment with reported explanation
Collective letter 4.2.2
They affirm that “the Lord Christ was touched by no stain of sin, as far as his infancy is concerned.” (2 Corinthians 5:21) (1 Peter 2:22)
Augustine reports their explanation as follows: Christ’s flesh was entirely free from the contamination of sin because he shared the nature found in all infants, rather than because of a distinctive excellence and a unique grace.
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Surviving material from the bishops’ letter; not a recovered complete text. Open the Latin source witness on each section.
Surviving material from the bishops’ letter as Augustine quotes it in Against Two Letters of the Pelagians II–IV. Not a recovered complete letter.
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- Fragments Augustine, Against Two Letters of the Pelagians II–IV (Latin · Collective letter)
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